n.
- 死,死亡[C][U]
It was a matter of life and
death to them.
對他們來說這是生死攸關的事情。
- 致死的原因[C][(+of)]
- 毀滅,破滅,結束[U][S]
- (常大寫)死神[U]
片語
at death's door
- 生命危在旦夕
They were very distressed to hear that their beloved uncle was
at death's door.
得知他們愛戴的伯父生命危在旦夕,他們很悲傷。
Death pays all debts/scores.
- 一死百了。
put to death
- 處死
The criminals were
put to death.
這些罪犯被處死。
to death
- 極度
He was tired
to death after a day's work.
工作了一天他累得要死。
辨析
n.
- the action or fact of dying or being killed.
▸an instance of a person or an animal dying.
- the state of being dead.
▸
(Death)
the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe.
- the end of something:
the death of her hopes.
Phrase
Derivative
- deathless adj.
- deathlessness n.
- deathlike adj.
Etymology
OE dēath, of Gmc origin; rel. to die1.